“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greeds,” – Mahatma Gandhiji. Environment has become one of the focal points in discussions and debate across the globe. The significance of ‘Environment’ as a UPSC topic is also relatively bigger as questions surrounding climate change, ecology, biodiversity are seeing an upward trend in the civil services exam question papers.
This segment covers all your queries w.r.t environment, ecology, biodiversity, climate change and more. Not only will you find answers to a wide range of questions; you would also be able to align your UPSC preparation with these questions.
Benefits of Environment Questions for IAS Exam
The IAS Exam aspirants can get the following benefits while going through the below-mentioned environment questions:
- It fits all – Questions from a minor issue to an issue that has a global relevance are covered.
- Doesn’t Discriminate – None of the doubts of the aspirants have been neglected. All doubts that are related to the UPSC examination or are related to the basic knowledge of environment have been answered by UPSC experts.
- Helps in Prelims, Mains GS 3 and even essay papers – These answers would solve various doubts w.r.t environment-related topics. Hence, these will come handy in all stages of examination.
- Apart from IAS Exam, these questions can be useful for other government exams as well.
The Sundarbans is the world's largest mangrove forest. Global warming and climate change compounds the dangers to the Sundarbans. These low-lying...
The climate on Earth has been changing ever since its formation. Both natural and man-made factors have affected the climate and resulted in this...
Biodiversity hotspots are regions with high species richness and a high degree of endemism. According to Conservation International, a region...
Climate change and biodiversity are directly related to one another. The change in the climate affects the temperature of a particular region...
Around the world, 36 areas qualify as biodiversity hotspots. Their intact habitats represent just 2.5% of Earth’s land surface, but they support...
A biodiversity hotspot is a biogeographic region that has a significant pool of biodiversity, but at the same time, it is also threatened with...
The International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species is a critical indicator of the health of the world’s...
The IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria have several specific aims: To provide a system that can be applied consistently by different people...
The IUCN Red List is important as it acts as a critical indicator of the health of the world's biodiversity. It is a powerful tool to inform and...
The IUCN Red List shows us where and what actions need to be taken to save the building blocks of nature from extinction. It is used for the...
The IUCN Red List provides information about the geographic range, population size, habitat and ecology, use and trade, threats and conservation...
India’s first Marine Wildlife Sanctuary and first Marine National Park were created in the Gulf of Kutch in 1980 and 1982, respectively. It is an...
The Marine National Park in Gulf of Kutch is the largest Marine National Park in India. India’s first Marine Wildlife Sanctuary and first Marine...
The six Marine National Parks in India are: Marine National Park, Gulf of Kutch Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park, Andaman & Nicobar...
The Environment Performance Index ranks 180 countries on environmental health and ecosystem vitality. Its main objective is to provide a...
The Environmental Performance Index 2020 was released comparing, analyzing, and understanding environmental performance for 180 countries....
With a score of 27.6, India ranked at the 168th position in the Environmental Performance Index 2020. The image given below shows the 2020 EPI...
India has launched first of its kind Flash Flood Guidance services for India and other South Asian countries including Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal,...
Flash flood guidance service aims at helping disaster management teams and governments make timely evacuation plans ahead of the actual event of...
A flood caused by heavy or excessive rainfall in a short period of time, generally less than 6 hours is known as a flash flood. It is usually...
